[Open Log] Seas of pink are back again~

[vianca]

Who: You!
What: Cherry Blossom Festival
When: April 10th - 18th
Where: All over town & campus. Wherever you find a cherry tree.
Rating: Flower power.





Pink is everywhere. No matter where you look, you're sure to see the signs of soft pink and white blossoms. There's a fresh spark of life filling the air and just beckoning for everyone to come outside and enjoy the sweet scents of spring. Well, except for you, people with springtime allergies. They just want to make you miserable. But perhaps for everyone else, it was a wonderful amazing time to be had.



There are wonderful spots for picnicking! Frolic inducing atmosphere and the space to do it! Every so often you will see vendors selling treats for the event! Cosplayers taking advantage of their natural environments for photo ops! Hot date spots! Blossoms! Sparkles! Everywhere! Even when it rains.

This log is completely open! You can do whatever you'd like with whomever you'd like whenever you'd like. Just start up a thread and go!

Have fun! Don't forget to add your character to the entry tags! ♥

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THE FIRST FEW DAYS...

[forgetbeam]

Ah, spring! A time of rebirth! New beginnings! Although seeing the pink petals scattered on the breeze before the school year even ended instead of as a new one was beginning was still pretty weird for Kiyotaka, he still held on to the promise of a hopeful future the flowers brought. Especially after one disaster after another hitting him since new year's. This would be his symbolic fresh start instead, and nothing terrible would ruin it.

(Except for the part where an earthquake would cause the ground to swallow him and Hajime up at some point before the flowers died, of course. But that was an adventure for another time.)

Given the fleeting nature of the blossoms, he was going to spend a fair chunk of his free time outside enjoying them while he could, whether he was bringing his lunches or his homework out to do so. And ignore the other flowers.

Making your wishes come true

[magicdancer]

After the winter she just had, Shantae welcomed the changing of the seasons. She was finally out and about, enjoying the beautiful scenery, and above all, the warmth. She had never seen cherry blossoms before, and she found herself entranced by the sights around her, going for a long walk among the trees to admire them. It was on one of these walks that she happened to pass by Taka, hands behind her back, taking a deep breath of the fresh air. She felt so alive.

here we go

[forgetbeam]

She should have felt cold, too, dressed like that.

But he wasn't on the Disciplinary Committee anymore. School rules were no longer his domain. This school barely had any anyway. In this time of fresh starts, Kiyotaka could let go of any lingering need to-

"Hey! What are you wearing?! That is not even close to the proper uniform!"

Damn it, Kiyotan, you didn't even try.

totally not here (i'm sorry)

[luckedout]

Somewhere around the cherry blossoms, Naegi spots Ishimaru walking around and almost manages to say hello. Keyword: almost. Because that's when Ishimaru calls out to that girl over there. Oh noooooooo, he knows where this is going.

...Yup, there he goes about the art of proper uniforms. With a heavy sigh, Naegi gives up on greetings and just eats another tamagoyaki.

Here's hoping Ishimaru's better at avoiding foot-in-mouth situations than him.

also not here (OR IS IT)

[forgetbeam]

YOU'RE NEXT

HOODIE BOY

Naegi you're next

[magicdancer]

She stopped. Was someone... complaining about her clothes? She turned her head slowly to see the skinny, pointing boy with razor sharp eyebrows glaring at her, judging her. Her expression darkened.

"Excuse me?" she asked. "How is my outfit any of your business?"

run neggy run

[forgetbeam]

SKINNY...

"Keeping order is my business!" Or it was. He still had a healthy interest in it as a hobby, although maybe it was not entirely 'healthy' in his case. "Aren't you a student? Dress like one!"

Poofy pants were the sign of a thug, in his experience. get some real pants mondo Although they were unusual on a girl.

Re: run neggy run

[magicdancer]

Shantae certainly agreed that this was not a healthy interest. Or she would if she knew what his deal was. Having distinctly no idea what Kitty's deal was, she crossed her arms and stormed towards him. "Are we in class right now? No? Well then I can dress how I want!" she declared indignantly.

Just try calling her a thug, Taka. Just try it.

[forgetbeam]

Shoot, he didn't really have much of a counter for that. He crossed his arms and frowned.

"It saves time to just wear your uniform all day long, even between classes," said the guy who would probably even wear his uniform in his sleep if he could wake up with it still being perfectly clean and ironed. If only. "Besides, isn't that chilly?"

[magicdancer]

"That's... kinda weird," Shantae replied. "Why would anyone want to wear their uniform all the time?" She tapped her chin. "During winter yeah, but it's a lot warmer now! But that doesn't really matter. This outfit is important to me!"

[forgetbeam]

Wow there was nothing weird about DRESSING LIKE A STUDENT... Unless you weren't one, of course. That would just be creepy.

"That's important? But it doesn't look like a practical way to dress in the least! Your torso is barely covered and those pants are baggy and likely to catch on something!"

SHSL FASHION POLICE.

[magicdancer]

Shantae was just gonna ignore those jabs. For the moment.

"Let's just say it's a uniform of my own," she explained. "They're Genie clothes! And as a Guardian Genie, I've gotta dress the part!" she declared proudly.

[forgetbeam]

"A genie uniform?"

Any hostility he might have displayed toward the clothing (and not at all toward the wearer herself, his fury was finely focused on its target) suddenly vanished. Once upon a time he would have scoffed at the notion of genies (hell, once upon a time he wouldn't have even known what they were), but spending enough time at Smash Academy made it easy to accept even the wildest stories.

"Alright, if they have significance to your station, of course you should continue wearing them!" He sure changed his attitude in a hurry. "Openly wear your dedication to your duties with pride!" It was, he decided, very much like wearing a school uniform all the time.

[magicdancer]

Wow, that was a lot easier than she thought it'd be. This guy sure was hard up on duty and propriety. The duty part she understood, but not so much the latter.

"Yes sir!" she said, stifling a laugh at his sudden turn-around. "What, are you some kind of hall monitor?" she joked.

Clearly she didn't get the memo.

[forgetbeam]

Ouch... ouch.

"Well, I... was until very recently..."

[magicdancer]

Her mood turned again when she realized she put her foot in her mouth. "Oh... Um, I'm sorry, I didn't realize..."

[forgetbeam]

HE DIDN'T NEED HER PITY.

It was nothing but mood whiplash when one was caught in conversation with Kiyotaka Ishimaru, and his entire attitude did another quick turn. "Well, that's not important right now!! Everyone should have some respect for dress codes and uniforms!"

hott date

[glazedandconfused]

Having mostly put memories of Ishida behind her, Aoi was doing her best to distract herself from a great many things, the first of which being the events of February and some of March, and the second the constant reminder of her best friend, whose namesake was blooming all around her.

Sakura wouldn't have wanted her to be upset, she decided, so the solution was to peruse the festival booths and use what spending money she had to buy up a varied assortment of delicious things.

"I brought us lunch," she said, inviting herself into Ishimaru's study space with a plastic bag from the food vendors, neatly tied.

[forgetbeam]

This was certainly a much more welcome study break than other things he could think of. Most of those things being bouts of random chaos as were usual in this hellhole of a school. He gladly moved his books aside, making plenty of room for her on the simple blanket he'd brought out.

"Oh! Thank you! What perfect timing, I was just starting to feel hungry!" Something he didn't realize until food was within range, at which point it hit him full force. "What did you bring?"

[glazedandconfused]

"Let's see--"

Aoi had, of course, really, really missed good Japanese food, and given the opportunity, she'd basically bought one of everything and eaten at least half of it on the way to Ishimaru.

But he didn't need to know that.

"I got some onigiri, because I know you like that. There's dango and--oh! There was a stall selling little lunch boxes, so I got some of those too."

If Ishimaru ever wondered how Aoi spent her lifeguarding, pool-cleaning money

this was the answer.

[forgetbeam]

And he was absolutely horrified.

Sure, his food intake had increased dramatically since coming to Smash Academy (even adding dinner to his routine, whoa!) but this was. COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS. And that was without anything Aoi may have already eaten.

"I... I appreciate the sentiment, but you really went overboard! Just one lunch box to share between us would have been plenty!"

No it wouldn't have, Kitty, shut up. Even his stomach let out a loud rumble in protest. It would have been super romantic though, too bad he didn't think of that.

[glazedandconfused]

The horrified look on Ishimaru's face only served to make her incredibly self-conscious, not only about the pile of food she was offering, but also the pile of food she had already eaten.

"I'll save the rest for later," she declared, unpacking the ONE LUNCH BOX TO SHARE.

"I just saw all those vendors with all this food from home, and I couldn't help myself!"

Granted, Aoi probably would not have been able to help herself anyway.

[forgetbeam]

"I understand that feeling completely." Hey, he was fully empathizing with another human being, amazing. The entire festival was enough to make him feel homesick, not that he didn't on a regular basis anyway. He fished a pair of cheap chopsticks out of the bag and went for some tamago.

"It's strange that this city should have so many events and festivals with clear Japanese influence! Just where on earth are we, anyway?"

[glazedandconfused]

"Yeah," she replied, gazing up at the fluffy pink trees above them, trying not to sound wistful. Japan didn't look like this anymore, that much was certain.

"I dunno. I'm not even sure this is a real place, sometimes."

[forgetbeam]

"It shouldn't exist. But here we are."

Unless he was lying half-dead on the stone cold floor of a physics lab and all of this was some awful dream. What an awful thought. No, he preferred the theory that he fell through some hole in time and space and ended up here.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm thankful for a second chance at life! But... everything is so different from anything I ever planned, I... wonder what to do after graduating."

WOW THIS SURE WAS LIGHTHEARTED ROMANTIC CONVERSATION.